1: Trust me, Slick
Ad man and consumer extraordinaire John Self jets to New York to close a movie deal, in Martin Amis's savagely funny, and era-defining cult novel of 1980s excess.
Martin Amis's electrifying, and savagely funny novel of 1980s excess, featuring the self-destructive anti-hero John Self, and read by Bertie Carvel.
John Self is a consumer extraordinaire.
Rolling between London and New York he closes movie deals and spends feverishly, all the while grabbing everything he can to sate his massive appetites: alcohol, tobacco, pills, pornography and mountains of junk food.
But John’s excesses haven’t gone unnoted. Menaced by a phone stalker, his dangerously excessive lifestyle is about to bring him face-to-face with the secret of his success.
Today: John Self jets in to New York to hook up with hot-shot producer, Fielding Goodney, and to indulge his enormous appetites along the way...
Writer: Martin Amis was the celebrated author of 15 novels, a memoir and essays, whose works defined the 80s and 90s literary scene. He died in May 2023.
Reader: Bertie Carvel is an Olivier Award-winning actor, known most recently for his TV starring roles in Dalgleish and Dr Foster.
Abridger: Katrin Williams
Producer: Justine Willett
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- Mon 24 Jul 2023 22:45Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4